Conveyer for newspapers and the like.



PATENTED DEC. 10, 1907. E. G. THOMAS. GONVBYER FOR NEWSPAPERS AND THE LIKE.'

APPLICATION FILED-813F119, 1906.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 873,633- PATENTED DEC. 10, 1907. E. G. THOMAS.

GONVEYER FOR NEWSPAPERS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED HEPTJQ, 1906. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

1115873533. PATENTED DEC. 10, 1907.

r E. e. THOMAS.

CONVEYER FOR NEWSPAPERSAND THE LIKE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPTJQ, 1906.

3 SHEETSSHEET 3.

4 I 3 0 A? O o To aZlwhc mtt may concern:

Be it known that L-EDWARD G. THOMAS,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD G. THOMAS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LAMSON CONSOLIDATED STORE SERVICE COMPANY OF NEWARK JERSEY.

CONVEYEE FOB NEWSPAPERS AND II.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed Septemher 19. 1906. Serial no. 335.2130.

- of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State .flectors for preventing the of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers for Newspapers and the Like, of which the. followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in conveyers for newspapers and the like, and

its object is to soposition and operate endless traveling belts that articles such as news papers and-the like ma be secure] ed and conveyed between adjacent anl l lil r c directionally moving portions of the belts.

Another object 1s to enable newspapers or articles of great width to be conveyedby narrow belts by. providing guides and deprojecting portions from being crumpled especially at the bends. In the accompanying drawings which illus-' trate a construction embodying my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved conveyer. 2 is a front elevation of the same, Fig. 3 is-a view on the right hand end of the conveyer shown in Fig. 1. Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the several views:

. livered from the .press and deliver them to some distant part of the building, as for instance, the mailing foom, but it is evident that the conveyer may be used in any place where it is desired to carry sheets of any material from one point to another. 7

The conveyer consists of two endless belts 1 and 2 arranged side by side. At the receiving end R the belts 1 and 2' run respectlvely over two pulleys 3-'and 4. It is preferable to have the lower the upper pulley 3 (Fig. 2) so as to have a ace upon which to lay the papers as the press delivery 5 delivers them to my apparatus. Atthe delivery end D of my conveyer, the belt 1- is supported by a pulley 6 and the belt 2 by a pulley 7. The adjacent sldes of the two belts are twisted together as illustrated, the lower belt 2 driving the upper belt 1 by the friction of the twisted surfaces.

" Thepulley 7issecured to a shaft 8 and the shaft fr (ll'lVLDg power is applied to one end of the om any suitable source." A motor 9 1s shown belted to the shaft 8.

It is desirable in al conveyors to able ulley 4 in advance of.

to run them in difierent planes, 6.0., either vertically or horizontally or at any desired angle. This conveyer is illustrated as running'in two planes, the bend between the two planes being effected by means of the usual 'idle pulleys 10. It is obvious that by using other idle pulleys similar to the pulleys 10 1t is possible to run this conveyer into an plane.

In order to economize in the width of the belt, there is provided guide pieces to. be

. placed so'as to support the free or projecting edges of the paper as the 'latter travels around the various bends as hereinafter described to jamming.

At the vertical turnof the conveyer, as shown in Fi 1, there is provided a guide iece l1 fixe to the shaft 12 bent in sucha orm as to engage the upper edge of the newspaper before it reaches the pulleys 10 and gradually'to bring it to an uprlght position so that it will ass. around sald pulley without jamming. bviously guide ieces bent into a proper form may be emp oyed when the bend is at an a le other than"vertical. At the delivery en Dithere are other guide pieces or en ports 13 which project forward and bring t -e edges of the newspaper into line with'the part which is gripped etween prevent them from bending or NEW JERSEY, CORPORATION OF NEW the belts beforethe paper is directly between the ulleys. These guide ieces 13 are fixed to t e bearing of the shail t 8 or from any. other convenient fixed support- As the newspa er leaves the conveyer at the delivery end 1 it is dropped upon a more slowly moving belt or belts 14 from whence it may be taken by hand.

By the use of this improved conveyer it is possible to do away to a great extent with rolling su ports which are necessary in other forms of Eelt conveyers; it will be unnecessary to use them at all except on-'long horizontal distances. The width of the belts may be greatly reduced over the width of the papersor articles to be conveyed as the guide pieces hereinbefore described will support nearly one-half of the paper which may pro-' ject beyond the belts.

Having thus described the nature of my invention and set forth a construction em-' bodying the same, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a belt conveyer, two endlesstraveling belts having one or more twists in their adjacent portions which move in the same direction or the purpose of gripping and conyiying articles such as newspapers and the 2. In a beltlconveyer of the class described comprising two endless belts side by side and adapted to grip a paper or the like between them, and stationary 'means at the bends in said belts to sup ort the projecting edges of the paper or the ike.

3. In a belt conveyer of the class described comprising two endless belts side by side adapted to grip a paper or the like between them, and deflectors at the bends in said 'belts for supporting the projecting edges of the paper or the like and prevent jamming 0r clogging.

4. In a belt conveyer of the class described comprising two endless belts side by side adapted to' grip a paper or the like between them, and deflectors at the bends in said belts arranged in the ath of the projecting edges of the paper or the like adapted to support said edges and prevent jamming or clog- "In".

D 5? In a belt conveyer of the class described comprising two endless belts side b side twisted so as to grip a paper or the li e between them, and deflectors at the bends in said belts and in the path of the projecting edges of the paper for supporting said edges and preventing clogging.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the resence of two subscribing witnesses, this th day of September A. D. 1906.

EDWARD G. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

HOWAR C. FORBES, CHARLES GARRISON. 

